Mathilde II (Bourbon)

Mathilde II. ( Mahaut II. ) (* Probably 1234; † 1262 ) was mistress of Bourbon and Countess of Nevers , Auxerre and Tonnerre . She was the older daughter of Archambault IX. , Lord of Bourbon, and Jolanthe of Châtillon , Countess of Nevers, Auxerre and Tonnerre.

Her father married her and her sister Agnes in February 1242 to members of the older house of Burgundy , before joining King Louis IX in August of the same year . set out for the Sixth Crusade . Her husband was Odo , heir duke of Burgundy , her sister's younger brother Johann.

Her father died in Cyprus in 1249 and Mathilde inherited the Bourbon rule. In 1257 she inherited the counties of Nevers, Auxerre and Tonnerre from her great-grandmother Mathilde von Courtenay . Odo carried these titles as Mathilde's husband.

Mathilde and Odo had three daughters:

• Jolanthe (Yolande) (* probably end of 1248, † June 2, 1280) 1262 Countess of Nevers , 1262–1273 Countess of Auxerre and Tonnerre ; ⚭ I June 1265 Johann von Damiette , 1268 Count of Valois , † August 3, 1270 near Tunis ; ⚭ II March 1272 Robert von Artois, Count of Flanders , † September 17, 1322
• Margarete (Marguerite) (* 1250, † September 4, 1308) 1273–1292 Countess of Tonnerre ; ⚭ November 18, 1268 Charles of Anjou , 1266 King of Sicily etc., † January 7, 1285
• Alix (* probably 1251, † 1290) 1273 Countess of Auxerre ; ⚭ November 1, 1268 John I of Chalon , † 1309 before November 10

Mathilde died in 1262, her daughter Jolanthe inherited the counties Nevers, Auxerre and Tonnerre, but passed the last two on to her sisters in 1273.

literature

• Detlev Schwennicke: European Family Tables Volume II (1984) Plate 21

Web links

• Mathilde de Bourbon at fmg.ac (English)

predecessor	Office	successor
Jolanthe of Châtillon	Countess of Nevers, Countess of Auxerre, Countess of Tonnerre 1257–1262	Jolanthe of Burgundy